Stories from Monday, May 7, 2018

JONESBORO - William Scott Thayer, 42,died April 30, 2018 in Jonesboro, Ark. He was US Navy, a retired police officer from Pocahontas and Trumann. Mr. Thayer was born January 24, 1976 in Miami, Fla. to Carl and Connie Hulsey Haynes. He is survived by his wife, Valerie Thayer of Jonesboro; three daughters, Allison Plunk of Paragould, Emily Plunk and Paisley Thayer of Jonesboro; in-laws, James and Kathy Richards of Bay. ...

TYRONZA - Juanita Higgins, 80, died May 2, 2018 at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree, Ark. She was born May 25, 1937 in Nettleton, Miss. to Ted Hood and Annie Cantrell. Mrs. Higgins was a CNA and a member of Upper Room Pentecostal Church in Tyronza. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ted Hood and Annie Tucker; one son Gary Crow; one brother, Charles Hood; one sister, Inez Shackleford...